EDIT: Just crossed 26000!
Almost! At the time of this post, lemmy.world has a whopping 25733 users and is growing fast.
Since my last post yesterday, it has added 4000 new users, making it the clear second-largest lemmy instance out there. Also quickly catching up to lemmy.ml’s 36000 (not taking new signups).
beehaw.org (3rd largest) sits at 12500 users, partly because of more restrictive registration requirements.
Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list
Exciting to see all this growth!
I switched from lemmy.ml to lemmy.world because lemmy.ml has insane censorship of anything critical of authoritarian communist regimes
Some lead developers of Lemmy also seem to subscribe to these political beliefs. But as long as they don’t censor people (and that’s pretty hard seeing as it’s open source and federated) still seems fine.